You’ll find a range of temperaments in Portuguese Water Dogs. Some are strong-willed, some are laid back, and most fall somewhere in the middle.
As with all dogs, Portuguese Water Dogs need early socialization – exposure to many different people, sights, sounds, and experiences – when they’re young.
The Portuguese Water Dog descends from dogs used for centuries by Portuguese fishermen to drive fish into nets, retrieve gear from the water, and swimming messages from boat to boat.